Gau Mainfranken

Infobox Former Subdivision
conventional_long_name = Gau Mainfranken
common_name = Gau Mainfranken
subdivision =

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image_map_caption = Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions, the "Gaue" and "Reichsgaue"
national_anthem=
capital = Würzburg
stat_area1=
stat_year1 = 17 May 1939 [ [http://www.statistik.bayern.de/ Bayrisches Landesamt für Statistik] accessed: 26 June 2008]
stat_pop1 = 844,732
p1= Bavaria
flag_p1 = Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg
s1 = Bavaria
flag_s1 = Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg
event_start = Establishment
year_start = 1933
event_end = Disestablishment
year_end = 1945
event1 =
date_event1 = 30 January 1933
event2 =
date_event2 = 8 May 1945
pol_subdiv =
title_leader = Gauleiter
leader1 = Otto Hellmuth
year_leader1 = 1933 - 1945

The Gau Mainfranken (English:"Gau Main-Franconia"), was an administrative division of Nazi Germany in Lower Franconia,Bavaria from 1933 to 1945. Previous to that, since 1926, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in this region.

History

The "Gau" was originally called "Unterfranken" but, on suggestion of Otto Hellmuth, renamed "Mainfranken" on 30 July 1935 [ [http://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/artikel/artikel_44763 Mainfranken] (in German) Historisches Lexikon Bayerns, accessed: 27 June 2008] .

Gauleiter

* Otto Hellmuth September 1927 to April 1945

ee also

* List of Gaue of Nazi Germany

ources

* [http://www.shoa.de/content/view/544/41/ Shoa.de - List of Gaue and Gauleiter] (in German)
* [http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/nazi/innenpolitik/gaue/ Die NS Gaue] (in German) Deutsches Historisches Museum website
* [http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/gau_abc.html Die Gaue der NSDAP] (in German)

References